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Uber board member resigns after making a joke about women at a company meeting on sexism
LBN thread: LEAKED AUDIO: Uber's all-hands meeting had some uncomfortable moments
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Source: Los Angeles Times
Uber board member resigns after making a joke about women at a company meeting on sexism
By Tracey Lien
JUNE 13, 2017, 7:30 PM
Billionaire businessman David Bonderman resigned from Uber’s board of directors Tuesday evening after making a joke about women at a companywide meeting aimed at addressing the harassment of women and unprofessional conduct at the company.
“Today at Uber’s all-hands meeting, I directed a comment to my colleague and friend Arianna Huffington that was careless, inappropriate, and inexcusable,” Bonderman, a partner at private equity firm TPG, said in a statement. “The comment came across in a way that was the opposite of what I intended, but I understand the destructive effect it had, and I take full responsibility for that.”
Huffington, a media entrepreneur who also sits on Uber’s board of directors, accepted Bonderman’s apology and said in her own prepared statement: “I appreciate David doing the right thing for Uber at this time of critical cultural changes at the company.”
Bonderman’s firm TPG will retain his board seat, and a new representative will be chosen sometime soon, according to an Uber spokesperson.
Bonderman’s remarks came earlier in the day when Uber held a staff meeting to discuss recommendations from a months-long investigation into allegations of sexual harassment, bullying, discrimination and employee misconduct.
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By Tracey Lien
JUNE 13, 2017, 7:30 PM
Billionaire businessman David Bonderman resigned from Uber’s board of directors Tuesday evening after making a joke about women at a companywide meeting aimed at addressing the harassment of women and unprofessional conduct at the company.
“Today at Uber’s all-hands meeting, I directed a comment to my colleague and friend Arianna Huffington that was careless, inappropriate, and inexcusable,” Bonderman, a partner at private equity firm TPG, said in a statement. “The comment came across in a way that was the opposite of what I intended, but I understand the destructive effect it had, and I take full responsibility for that.”
Huffington, a media entrepreneur who also sits on Uber’s board of directors, accepted Bonderman’s apology and said in her own prepared statement: “I appreciate David doing the right thing for Uber at this time of critical cultural changes at the company.”
Bonderman’s firm TPG will retain his board seat, and a new representative will be chosen sometime soon, according to an Uber spokesperson.
Bonderman’s remarks came earlier in the day when Uber held a staff meeting to discuss recommendations from a months-long investigation into allegations of sexual harassment, bullying, discrimination and employee misconduct.
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Read more: http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-uber-women-joke-20170613-story.html
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